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In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Yeung. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Kevin Yeung and the Chinese-style name is Yeung Yun-hung.
Kevin Yeung
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楊潤雄
Yeung in 2023
Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 July 2022
Chief Executive
John Lee
Chief Secretary
Eric Chan
Secretary for Education
In office 1 July 2017 – 30 June 2022
Chief Executive
Carrie Lam
Preceded by
Eddie Ng
Succeeded by
Christine Choi
Under Secretary for Education
In office 1 July 2012 – 30 June 2017
Chief Executive
Leung Chun-ying
Preceded by
Kenneth Chan
Succeeded by
Christine Choi
Personal details
Born
(1963-01-26) January 26, 1963 (age 61) Hong Kong
Alma mater
Wah Yan College, Kowloon University of Hong Kong RMIT University
Kevin Yeung
Traditional Chinese
楊潤雄
Simplified Chinese
杨润雄
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yáng Rùnxióng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping
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Kevin Yeung Yun-hung (Chinese: 楊潤雄; born 26 January 1963) is a Hong Kong government official. He is the current Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism, serving since 2022.
He graduated from the University of Hong Kong with a Bachelor of Social Sciences and a Master of Business Administration degree from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University in Australia. He worked as an accountant in the private sector for seven years before joining the Hong Kong government in 1992 as an administrative officer.[1]
He served in various bureaux and departments, including more than four years as assistant to Secretary for Home Affairs Tsang Tak-sing. In 2010, he transferred to the Food and Health Bureau, and later served in the Home Affairs Bureau, the Kowloon City District Office, and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Sydney. He was promoted to Administrative Officer Staff Grade C in 2004. In November 2012, he was appointed Under Secretary for Education.[1]
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KevinYeung Yun-hung (Chinese: 楊潤雄; born 26 January 1963) is a Hong Kong government official. He is the current Secretary for Culture, Sports and Tourism...
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February announcing the alternative plans, the Secretary for Education KevinYeung said that all oral and practical examinations to be held before 27 March...
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schools in Hong Kong next month, the then-Secretary for Education Bureau, KevinYeung, responded to a Liberal education textbook publisher's proposal to delete...
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and held his very first mini concert. Niki Chow, Raymond Lam and Miriam Yeung were among the guest singers who appeared at his concert.[citation needed]...
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violate the national security law. On 8 July, Education Bureau minister KevinYeung stated in a written response that pro-democracy protest-related activities...
Secretary Teresa Cheng, Security Secretary John Lee, Education Secretary KevinYeung, and Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung. None of those were sacked, implying...
Lessons in Dissent. As of 2017, the current secretary for education, KevinYeung Yun-hung, said recently that national education had not been scrapped...
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